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hankron<<...just curious why the catalog isn't on a CD, or available through a subscription on a websight?>>
It's quick and simple to copy a cd for free, and people would do it. Paper books have an inherent security for the publisher and writer. It's so much easier to buy the paper book from amazon, than to try and make an illegal copy.
Also, the rule of thumb is that people pay for paper books not to view web pages. If you want to diseminate essential information for free you put it on a website. If you want to be paid, you print it onto paper.